Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta slams players and issues rallying cry after Sporting Lisbon exit
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta saw Gabriel Martinelli miss a crucial penalty as his side exited the Europa League at the hands of Sporting Lisbon on Thursday night.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has spoken out after his side exited the Europa League on Thursday night. After goals from Granit Xhaka and Pedro Gonclaves, Gabriel Martinelli missed the crucial spot-kick in the penalty shootout. And it means the Gunners have now failed to win a European competition once again.
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"Injuries happened with Tomiyasu and Saliba. We are really restricted with the changes because we only have one window to do one and we didn't have the subs left.
"We had big chances to finish the game off.
"We just have to look at ourselves and why we were not good enough to go through.
“We congratulate Sporting and now we have 11 games. Our next game with Palace is a final.
“Every work we do right now has to be towards Palace and we have to be better than in this game."